Words of Four Letters
Updated June 26, 2020 |
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- Aborigine: Borneo, DYAK
- Agave, ALOE
- Animal: Footless, APOD
- Ant: White, ANAI, ANAY
- Antelope: African, ASSE, BISA, GUIB, KOBA, KUDU, ORYX, POKU, PUKU, TOPI, TORA
- Apoplexy: Plant, ESCA
- Apple, POME
- Apricot, ANSU
- Ardor, ELAN
- Armadillo, APAR, PEBA, PEVA, TATU
- Ascetic: Islamic, SUFI
- Association: Chinese, TONG
- Astronomer: Persian, OMAR
- Avatar: Of Vishnu, RAMA
- Axillary, ALAR
- Band: Horizontal (heraldry), FESS
- Barracuda, SPET
- Bark: Mulberry, TAPA
- Base: Column, DADO
- Bearing (heraldry), ORLE
- Beer: Russian, KVAS
- Beige, ECRU
- Being, ESSE
- Beverage: Japanese rice, SAKE
- Bird: Asian, MINA, MYNA
Egyptian sacred, IBIS
Extinct, DODO, MAMO
Flightless, KIWI
Gull-like, TERN
Hawaiian, IIWI, MAMO
Parson, KOKO
Unfledged, EYAS - Birds: As class, AVES
- Black, EBON
(French), NOIR - Blackbird: European, MERL
- Boat: Flat-bottomed, DORY
- Bone: Forearm, ULNA
- Bones, OSSA
- Box, Japanese, INRO
- Bravo (rare), EUGE
- Buffalo: Indian wild, ARNA
- Bull (Spanish), TORO
- Burden, ONUS
- Cabbage: Sliced, SLAW
- Caliph: Islamic, OMAR
- Canoe: Malay, PRAU, PROA
- Cap: Military, KEPI
- Cape, NESS
- Capital: Ancient Irish, TARA
- Case: Article, ETUI
- Cat: Wild, BALU, EYRA
- Chalcedony, SARD
- Chamber: Indian ceremonial, KIVA
- Channel: Brain, ITER
- Cheese: Dutch, EDAM
- Chest: Sepulchral stone, CIST
- Chieftain: Arab, EMIR
- Church: Part of, APSE, NAVE
(Scottish), KIRK - Claim (law), LIEN
- Cluster: Flower, CYME
- Coin: Chinese, TAEL, YUAN
German, MARK
Indian, ANNA
Iranian, RIAL
Italian, LIRA
Moroccan, OKIA
Siamese, BAHT
South American, PESO
Spanish, DURO, PESO
Turkish, PARA - Commune: Belgian, AATH
- Composition: Musical, OPUS
- Compound: Chemical, DIOL
- Constellation: Southern, PAVO
- Council: Russian, DUMA
- Counsel, REDE
- Covering: Seed, ARIL
- Cross: Egyptian, ANKH
- Cry: Bacchanalian, EVOE
- Cup (Scottish), TASS
- Cupbearer, SAKI
- Dagger, DIRK
Malay, KRIS - Dam: River, WEIR
- Dash, ELAN
- Date: Roman, IDES
- Dawn: Pertaining to, EOAN
- Dean: English, INGE
- Decay: In fruit, BLET
- Deer: Sambar, MAHA
- Disease: Skin, ACNE
- Disk: Solar, ATEN
- Dog: Hunting, ALAN
- Drink: Hindu intoxicating, SOMA
- Duck, SMEE, SMEW, TEAL
- Dynasty: Chinese, CHEN, CHIN, CHOU, CHOW, HSIA, MING, SUNG, TANG, TSIN
Mongol, YUAN - Eagle: Biblical, GIER
Sea, ERNE - Ear: Pertaining to, OTIC
- Egyptian: Christian, COPT
- Entrance: Mine, ADIT
- Esau, EDOM
- Escutcheon: Voided, ORLE
- Eskers, OSAR
- Evergreen: New Zealand, TAWA
- Fairy: Persian, PERI
- Family: Italian, ESTE
- Far (comb. form), TELE
- Farewell, VALE
- Father (French), PERE
- Fennel: Philippine, ANIS
- Fever: Malarial, AGUE
- Fiber: East Indian, JUTE
- Firn, NEVE
- Fish: Carplike, DACE
Hawaiian, ULUA
Herringlike, SHAD
Mackerellike, CERO
Marine, HAKE
Sea, LING, MERO, OPAH
Spiny-finned, GOBY - Food: Tropical, TARO
- Foot: Metric, IAMB
- Formerly, ERST
- Founder: Of Carthage, DIDO
- France: Southern, MIDI
- Furze, ULEX
- Gaelic, ERSE
- Gaiter, SPAT
- Game: Card, FARO, SKAT
- Garlic: European wild, MOLY
- Garment: Hindu, SARI
Roman, TOGA - Gazelle, CORA
- Gem, JADE, ONYX, OPAL, RUBY
- Genus: Amphibians (incl. frogs), RANA
Amphibians (incl. tree toads), HYLA
Antelopes, ORYX
Auks, ALCA, URIA
Bees, APIS
Birds (American ostriches), RHEA
Birds (cranes), CRUS
Birds (magpies), PICA
Birds (peacocks), PAVO
Cetaceans, INIA
Ducks (incl. mallards), ANAS
Fishes (burbots), LOTA
Fishes (incl. bowfins), AMIA
Geese (snow geese), CHEN
Gulls, XEMA
Herbs, ARUM, GEUM
Insects (water scorpions), NEPA
Lilies, ALOE
Mammals (humans), HOMO
Orchids, DISA
Owls, ASIO, BUBO, OTUS
Palms, NIPA
Sea birds, SULA
Sheep, OVIS
Shrubs, Eurasian, ULEX
Shrubs (hollies), ILEX
Shrubs (incl. Virginia Willow), ITEA
Shrubs, tropical, EVEA
Snakes (sand snakes), ERYX
Swans, OLOR
Trees, chocolate, COLA
Trees (ebony family), MABA
Trees (incl. maples), ACER
Trees (olives), OLEA
Trees, tropical, EVEA
Turtles, EMYS - Goat: Wild, IBEX, KRAS, TAHR, TAIR, THAR
- God: Assyrian, ASUR
Babylonian, ADAD, ADDU, ENKI, ENZU, IRRA, NABU, NEBO, UTUG
Celtic, LLEU, LLEW
Hindu, AGNI, CIVA, DEVA, DEWA, KAMA, RAMA, SIVA, VAYU
Phrygian, ATYS
Semitic, BAAL
Teutonic, HLER - Goddess: Babylonian, ERUA, GULA
Hawaiian, PELE
Hindu, DEVI, KALI, SHRI, VACH - Gooseberry: Hawaiian, POHA
- Gourd, PEPO
- Grafted (heraldry), ENTE
- Grandfather (obsolete), AIEL
- Grandparents: Pertaining to, AVAL
- Grass: Hawaiian, HILO
- Gray (French), GRIS
- Green (heraldry), VERT
- Groom: Indian, SYCE
- Half (prefix), DEMI, HEMI, SEMI
- Hamlet, DORP
- Hammerhead: Part of, PEEN
- Handle, ANSA
- Harp: Japanese, KOTO
- Hartebeest, ASSE, TORA
- Hautboy, OBOE
- Hawk: Taken from nest (falconry), EYAS
- Hearing (law), OYER
- Heater: For liquids, ETNA
- Herb: Aromatic, ANET, DILL
Fabulous, MOLY
Perennial, GEUM, SEGO
Pot, WORT
Used for blue dye, WADE, WOAD - Hill: Flat-topped, MESA
Sand, DENE, DUNE - Hoarfrost, RIME
- Hog: Immature female, GILT
- Holly, ILEX
- House: Cow, BYRE
(Spanish), CASA - Ice: Floating, FLOE
- Image, ICON, IKON
- Incarnation: Of Vishnu, RAMA
- Indian: Algonquin, CREE, SAUK
Central American, MAYA
Iroquoian, ERIE
Mexican, CORA
Peruvian, CANA, INCA, MORO
Shoshonean, HOPI
Siouan, OTOE
Southwestern, HOPI, PIMA, YUMA, ZUNI - Insect: Immature, PUPA
- Instrument: Stringed, LUTE, LYRE
- Ireland, EIRE, ERIN
- Jacket: English, ETON
- Jail (British), GAOL
- Jar, OLLA
- Judge: Islamic, CADI
- Juniper: European, CADE
- Kiln, OAST, OVEN
- King: British legendary, LUDD, NUDD
- Kiss, BUSS
- Knife: Philippine, BOLO
- Koran: Section of, SURA
- Laborer: Spanish American, PEON
- Lake: Mountain, TARN
(Scottish), LOCH - Lamp: Miner's, DAVY
- Landing place: Indian, GHAT
- Language: Buddhist, PALI
Japanese, AINU - Latvian, LETT
- Layer: Of iris, UVEA
- Leaf: Palm, OLAY, OLLA
- Legislature: Ukrainian, RADA
- Lemur, LORI
- Leopard, PARD
- Let it stand, STET
- Letter: Greek, BETA, IOTA, ZETA
Hebrew, AYIN, BETH, CAPH, KOPH, RESH, SHIN, TETH, YODH
Papal, BULL - Lily, ALOE
- Literature: Hindu sacred, VEDA
- Lizard, GILA
Monitor, URAN - Loquat, BIWA
- Magistrate: Genoese or Venetian, DOGE
- Man (Latin), HOMO
- Mark: Omission, DELE
- Marmoset: South American, MICO
- Meadow: Fertile, VEGA
- Measure: Electric, VOLT, WATT
Force, DYNE
Hebrew, OMER
Printing, PICA
Spanish or Portuguese, VARA
Swiss land, IMMI - Medley, OLIO
- Merganser, SMEW
- Milk (French), LAIT
- Molding, GULA
Curved, OGEE - Mongoose: Crab-eating, URVA
- Monk: Tibetan, LAMA
- Monkey: African, MONA, WAAG
Ceylonese, MAHA
Cochin-China, DOUC
South American, SAKI, TITI - Monkshood, ATIS
- Month: Jewish, ADAR, ELUL, IYAR
- Mother (French), MERE
- Mountain: Thessaly, OSSA
- Mouse: Meadow, VOLE
- Mythology: Norse, EDDA
- Nail (French), CLOU
- Native: Philippine, MORO
- Nest: Of pheasants, NIDE
- Network, RETE
- No (German), NEIN
- Noble: Islamic, AMIR
- Notice: Death, OBIT
- Novel: By Zola, NANA
- Nursemaid: Oriental AMAH, AYAH, EYAH
- Nut: Philippine, PILI
- Oak: Holm, ILEX
- Oil (comb. form), OLEO
- Ostrich: American, RHEA
- Oven, KILN, OAST
- Owl: Barn, LULU
- Ox: Celebes wild, ANOE
Extinct wild, URUS - Palm, ATAP, NIPA, SAGO
- Parliament, DIET
- Parrot: New Zealand, KAKA
- Pass: Indian mountain, GHAT
- Passage: Closing (music), CODA
- Peach: Clingstone, PAVY
- Peasant: Indian, RYOT
Old English, CARL - Pepper: Australasian, KAVA
- Perfume, ATAR
- Persia, IRAN
- Person: Extraordinary, ONER
- Pickerel or pike, ESOX
- Pitcher, EWER
- Plant: Aromatic, NARD
Century, ALOE
Indigo, ANIL
Pepper, KAVA - Platform: Raised, DAIS
- Plum: Wild, SLOE
- Pods: Vegetable, OKRA, OKRO
- Poem: Epic, EPOS
- Poet: Persian, OMAR
Roman, OVID - Poison, BANE
Arrow, INEE - Porkfish, SISI
- Portico: Greek, STOA
- Premium, AGIO
- Priest: Islamic, IMAM
- Prima donna, DIVA
- Prong: Fork, TINE
- Pseudonym: Lamb's, ELIA
- Queen: Carthaginian, DIDO
Hindu, RANI - Rabbit, CONY
- Race: Of Japan, AINU
- Rail: Ducklike, COOT
North American, SORA - Redshank, CLEE
- Refuse: After pressing, MARC
- Regiment: Turkish, ALAI
- Reliquary, ARCA
- Resort: Italian, LIDO
- Ridges: Sandy, ASAR, OSAR
- River: German, ELBE, ODER
Italian, ADDA
Siberian, LENA - Road: Roman, ITER
- Rockfish: California, RENA
- Rodent: Mouselike, VOLE
South American, PACA - Rootstock, TARO
- Salamander, NEWT
- Salmon: Silver, COHO
Young, PARR - Same (Greek), HOMO
(Latin), IDEM - Sauce: Fish, ALEC
- School: English, ETON
- Seaweed, AGAR, ALGA, KELP
- Secular, LAIC
- Sediment, SILT
- Seed: Dill, ANET
Of vetch, TARE - Serf, ILOT
- Sesame, TEEL
- Settlement: Eskimo, ETAH
- Shark: Atlantic, GATA
European, TOPE - Sheep: Wild, UDAD
- Sheltered, ALEE
- Shield, EGIS
- Ship: Jason's, ARGO
Left side of, PORT
Two-masted, BRIG - Shrine: Buddhist, TOPE
- Shrub: New Zealand, TUTU
- Sign: Magic, RUNE
- Silkworm, ERIA
- Skin: Beaver, PLEW
- Skink: Egyptian, ADDA
- Slave, ESNE
- Sloth: Two-toed, UNAU
- Smooth, LENE
- Snow: Glacial, NEVE
- Soapstone, TALC
- Society: African secret, EGBO, PORO
- Son: Of Seth, ENOS
- Song (German), LIED
Unaccompanied, GLEE - Sound: Lung, RALE
- Sour, ACID
- Sow: Young, GILT
- Spike: Brad-shaped, BROB
- Spirit: Buddhist evil, MARA
- Stake: Poker, ANTE
- Star: Temporary, NOVA
- Starch: East Indian, SAGO
- Stone: Precious, OPAL
- Strap: Bridle, REIN
- Strewn (heraldry), SEME
- Sweetsop, ATES, ATTA
- Sword: Fencing, EPEE, FOIL
- Tambourine: African, TAAR
- Tapir: Brazilian, ANTA
- Tax, CESS
- Tea: South American, MATE
- Therefore (Latin), ERGO
- Thing: Extraordinary, ONER
- Three (dice, cards, etc.), TREY
- Thrush: Hawaiian, OMAO
- Tide, NEAP
- Tipster: Racing, TOUT
- Tissue, TELA
- Title: Etruscan, LARS
Hindu, BABU
Indian, RAJA
Islamic, EMIR, IMAM
Persian, BABA
Spanish, DONA
Turkish, AGHA, BABA - Toad: Largest-known, AGUA
Tree, HYLA - Tool: Cutting, ADZE
- Track: Deer, SLOT
- Tract: Sandy, DENE
- Tree: Apple, SORB
Central American, EBOE
East Indian, TEAK
Eucalyptus, YATE
Guyanese and Trinidadian, MORA
Javanese, UPAS
Linden, LIME, LINN, TEIL, TILL
Sandarac, ARAR
Sassafras, AGUE
Tamarisk salt, ATLE - Tribe: Moro, SULU
- Trout, CHAR
- Vessel: Arab, DHOW
- Vestment: Ecclesiastical, COPE
- Vetch, TARE
- Vine: East Indian, SOMA
- Violinist: Famous, AUER
- Vortex, EDDY
- Wampum, PEAG
- Wapiti, STAG
- Waste: Allowance for, TRET
- Watchman: Indian, MINA
- Water (Spanish), AGUA
- Waterfall, LINN
- Wavy (heraldry), ONDE, UNDE
- Wax, CERE
Chinese, PELA - Weed: Biblical, TARE
- Weight: Ancient, MINA
Danish (pl.), ESER
East Asian, TAEL
Greek, MINA
Siamese, BAHT - Well done (rare), EUGE
- Whale, CETE
Killer, ORCA
White, HUSE, HUSO - Whirlpool, EDDY
- Wife: Of Geraint, ENID
- Willow: Virginia, ITEA
- Wine, PORT
- Winged, ALAR
(Heraldry), AILE - Wings, ALAE
- Withered, SERE
- Without (French), SANS
- Wool: To comb, CARD
- Work, OPUS
- Wrong: Civil, TORT
- Young: Bring forth, YEAN
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